The Resource The ashtray : (or the man who denied reality), Errol Morris
The ashtray : (or the man who denied reality), Errol Morris
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The item The ashtray : (or the man who denied reality), Errol Morris represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Missouri University of Science & Technology Library.
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- Summary
- In 1972, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn threw an ashtray at Errol Morris. This book is the result. At the time, Morris was a graduate student. Now we know him as one of the most celebrated and restlessly probing filmmakers of our time, the creator of such classics of documentary investigation as The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War. Kuhn, meanwhile, was--and, posthumously, remains--a star in his field, the author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a landmark book that has sold well over a million copies and introduced the concept of "paradigm shifts" to the larger culture. And Morris thought the idea was bunk. The Ashtray tells why--and in doing so, it makes a powerful case for Morris's way of viewing the world, and the centrality to that view of a fundamental conception of the necessity of truth. "For me," Morris writes, "truth is about the relationship between language and the world: a correspondence idea of truth." He has no patience for philosophical systems that aim for internal coherence and disdain the world itself. Morris is after bigger game: he wants to establish as clearly as possible what we know and can say about the world, reality, history, our actions and interactions. It's the fundamental desire that animates his filmmaking, whether he's probing Robert McNamara about Vietnam or the oddball owner of a pet cemetery. Truth may be slippery, but that doesn't mean we have to grease its path of escape through philosophical evasions. Rather, Morris argues powerfully, it is our duty to do everything we can to establish and support it
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 207 pages ):
- Contents
-
- Listen, Old Man, What in Hell's Gone Wrong Here?
- 5.
- Revolutions, Real and Imagined
- 6.
- Leap into the Dark
- 7.
- Furniture of the World
- 8.
- Avatars of Progress
- 9.
- Machine generated contents note:
- Contest of Interpretation
- 1.
- Ultimatum
- 2.
- Shifting Paradigms
- 3.
- Parliament of Fears
- 4.
- Isbn
- 9780226922706
- Label
- The ashtray : (or the man who denied reality)
- Title
- The ashtray
- Title remainder
- (or the man who denied reality)
- Statement of responsibility
- Errol Morris
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- In 1972, philosopher of science Thomas Kuhn threw an ashtray at Errol Morris. This book is the result. At the time, Morris was a graduate student. Now we know him as one of the most celebrated and restlessly probing filmmakers of our time, the creator of such classics of documentary investigation as The Thin Blue Line and The Fog of War. Kuhn, meanwhile, was--and, posthumously, remains--a star in his field, the author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, a landmark book that has sold well over a million copies and introduced the concept of "paradigm shifts" to the larger culture. And Morris thought the idea was bunk. The Ashtray tells why--and in doing so, it makes a powerful case for Morris's way of viewing the world, and the centrality to that view of a fundamental conception of the necessity of truth. "For me," Morris writes, "truth is about the relationship between language and the world: a correspondence idea of truth." He has no patience for philosophical systems that aim for internal coherence and disdain the world itself. Morris is after bigger game: he wants to establish as clearly as possible what we know and can say about the world, reality, history, our actions and interactions. It's the fundamental desire that animates his filmmaking, whether he's probing Robert McNamara about Vietnam or the oddball owner of a pet cemetery. Truth may be slippery, but that doesn't mean we have to grease its path of escape through philosophical evasions. Rather, Morris argues powerfully, it is our duty to do everything we can to establish and support it
- Cataloging source
- NhCcYBP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Morris, Errol
- Dewey number
- 501
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- Q175
- LC item number
- .M8685 2018
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- ProQuest (Firm)
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Kuhn, Thomas S
- Paradigm (Theory of knowledge)
- Label
- The ashtray : (or the man who denied reality), Errol Morris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
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- rdacarrier
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- text
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- txt
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- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Listen, Old Man, What in Hell's Gone Wrong Here?
- 5.
- Revolutions, Real and Imagined
- 6.
- Leap into the Dark
- 7.
- Furniture of the World
- 8.
- Avatars of Progress
- 9.
- Machine generated contents note:
- Contest of Interpretation
- 1.
- Ultimatum
- 2.
- Shifting Paradigms
- 3.
- Parliament of Fears
- 4.
- Control code
- MSTDDA5163922
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 207 pages ):
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226922706
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- Label
- The ashtray : (or the man who denied reality), Errol Morris
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
-
- Listen, Old Man, What in Hell's Gone Wrong Here?
- 5.
- Revolutions, Real and Imagined
- 6.
- Leap into the Dark
- 7.
- Furniture of the World
- 8.
- Avatars of Progress
- 9.
- Machine generated contents note:
- Contest of Interpretation
- 1.
- Ultimatum
- 2.
- Shifting Paradigms
- 3.
- Parliament of Fears
- 4.
- Control code
- MSTDDA5163922
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xv, 207 pages ):
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780226922706
- Isbn Type
- (electronic bk.)
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations.
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
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